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Cardiology - PGY-1

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Shailla Vaidya, the Yoga MD

June 2023

Pushing the cart forward, the steel-framed glass doors slide open and I am immediately hit with the scent of cinnamon-baked dough and whipped white…

Jun 30 •

Shailla Vaidya, the Yoga MD

Lying flat shoulder to shoulder with my peers in this box, I am waiting to fulfill my destiny to bring light, warmth, fire, sustenance

Jun 23 •

Shailla Vaidya, the Yoga MD

They came to listen.

Sitting at those round tables in the golden glow of the conference room, I needed to be heard. Sitting at the long table on the platform in front of us…

Jun 9 •

Shailla Vaidya, the Yoga MD

May 2023

She stands there, shoulders hunched to her ears, jaw clenched, and forehead furrowed with worry. It is only broken by the scar from a fall when she was…

May 14 •

Shailla Vaidya, the Yoga MD

April 2023

First Day of School

It’s September 1977. The first Tuesday after Labour Day and my first day of kindergarten. Having been to daycare, leaving home in the morning is nothing…

Apr 23 •

Shailla Vaidya, the Yoga MD

InDOCTORination

A Horror Story of Medical Education

Apr 16 •

Shailla Vaidya, the Yoga MD

It's Summer 1995, the summer before I start medical school. I score a job hiking the trails of Canada's Ocean Playground - Nova Scotia. Sport Nova…

Apr 7 •

Shailla Vaidya, the Yoga MD

March 2023

Thanks for being here.

Mar 17 •

Shailla Vaidya, the Yoga MD

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